FARGO – The Jamestown Eagles saver their best pitched until they really needed him, and Jaxon Kolpin came through.
Kolpin pitched a two-hit shutout Wednesday as the Eagles stayed in the AA American Legion state tournament with a 6-0 win over Williston in an elimination game at Jack Williams Stadium.
Kolpin (3-4) retired the first eight hitters and didn’t give up a hit until Williston’s Brooks Bratlien singled to lead off the fifth inning. Kolpin struck out five, walked four and threw 90 pitches, 57 for strikes.
The offense for Jamestown (16-23) started early. The Eagles scored three runs in the first inning on a Brenner Weber RBI double and a two-run single by Kale Verke.
Jamestown added to their lead in the second with two, one of which came in on a Brady Nenow triple.
Bennett Goehner doubled in the other run in the fourth.
The starter for Williston (15-28), Ashton Nickoloff, was lifted after allowing five runs and six hits in just an inning and a third. Nickoloff had shut out the Eagles on two hits on July 16 in Jamestown.
On Thursday, the Eagles will play another elimination game against either Grand Forks or Fargo Post 400. Coverage will begin at around 4:15 PM on Jamestown 107.1.
